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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Hello My Crafty Friends! Can you believe tomorrow is already February 1? Where does the time go? Doesn't it seem as we get older time moves quicker! LOL So today, I was finally catching up on some emails and checking out some of my favorite blogs and decided to enter the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge: Challenge Me Monday #96 - Valentiny Cards. You should pop on over there and check it out! All you have to do is make a tiny valentine (3X3) card! Here is my project!

Aren't these squirrels adorable! I couldn't resist them when I saw 'em on the Give A Hoot Cartridge. You can find them on page 52. I cute them at 1.25 on my E2, remember my card is only 3X3. The card stock for my squirrels is from my scrap bin, finally getting rid of some of that! I added a piece of Pink Sorbet twine from the The Twinery as a bow for my girly squirrel. And used Glossy Accents on their eyes. My card base is pink card stock from Colorbok I picked up at Wal-Mart. The pretty layer on top is from DCWV All Dressed Up stack. I picked up the heart ribbon at Michael's a couple of weeks ago. I stamped the "So Kissable" sentiment in SU Real Red ink on a piece of scrap white card stock. I used my corner rounder to round and corners and inked around the edges with the same ink, just very lightly. I added the little pink crystal heart. (Sorry not sure where I got that, I think Michael's) Where did that cute sentiment come from you ask.....well K Andrew's of course! It is from her recently released "It's Valentines" stamp set! Isn't it cute!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Happy Monday! Today over at My Cricut Craft Room the letter of the day is E! What does that mean you ask; well I'll tell you, that means that the design team had to create a project using the letter E. It could be a cartridge that begins with the letter E or use a feature that begins with the letter or pick an image that begins with that letter. I picked am image with that letter.

Isn't this Elephant adorable! She is totally a DIVA!!!!! My card is a typical A2 card. My layer is cut at 5 1/4 X 4 from DCWV All Dressed Up! My base is green card stock from Recollections. The image was cut at 3.2 inches from the Paisley cart on page 29. I used Elephant 2. The pink card stock is also from Recollections. I used my Imagine to print and cut her and flood filled the top layer with some pink polka dot pattered paper from Imagine More Cards. It's hard to see in the pic but she is pink polka doted! Her glasses was also flood filled with a pattern from the same cart and I added some pearls with Liquid Pearls - Silver pearl to the frames. I made faux stitch lines using my black gelly roll pen. I added three crystals using my i-rock from imaginisce. The adorable sentiment is from none other than K Andrew's Fashionable Friends stamp set. My ribbon is from Michael's. Don't forget to head over to My Cricut Craft Room to check out my awesome DT sisters' projects!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Happy Sunday My Crafty Friends! Today is Simply Sunday Challenge day over at Getting Cricky with K Andrew and today's challenge is FANTASY LAND! We were challenged to make anything FANTASY, like a mermaid, a fairy, etc.... I choose to go with a mermaid, mostly because of the AWESOME stamp set I used...PIRATE TALES & FISH SCALES!!!! I love the K Andrew's stamp sets because you can put any combination of words together to create the sentiment you want and that's just what I did! Take a look!!!

I love, love, love this sentiment! OK I think you get the picture, I like the sentiment. LOL And shaking a tail fin is just what she does. I put her on an action wobble so she can shake. For my project, I used the Buccaneer Imagine Cricut Cart along with my Imagine! I'm still trying to figure it out but it's getting better. lol I cut my mermaid at 3 inches using the layer feature. I only used some of the layers, as they are bigger! My scallop circle was cut at 2.2 using the pre-loaded images in the Imagine. I stamped the rope image with Memento Rich Cocoa and the sentiment with SU Pear Pizazz. I used Cappuccino twine from the Twinery. My card is A2 sized (5 1/2 X 4 1/4). My kraft card stock base is Recollection; the green layer is 5 1/4 X 4 and is Georgia Pacific, my blue layer is 5X3 3/4 and is Colorbok and finally the bubble layer was printed on my imagine.

PIRATE TALES & FISH SCALES

To get your own set of Pirate Tales & Fish Scales or to see all the other wonderful stamps K Andrew has available click HERE!

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy life to visit me! Don't forget to go to Getting Cricky with K Andrew to check out all the awesome projects my DT Sisters have created! I hope you decide to play along with us!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Hello My Crafty Friends! I hope everyone is having a great week so far! I have a sweet Valentine card for you today using my E2, A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge and none other than K Andrew's "I Heart You" Stamp set. In case you missed the blog hop on Friday and haven't had a chance to check out her new stamps, click HERE!

My card is a typical A2 sized card. I used Georgia Pacific black card stock from Wal-Mart as my base. The pretty heart DIP is from Paper Studio. I made a rosette by cutting a 2 X 12 inch strip of white card stock. I used my EK Success Scalloped Scallop boarder punch on one side and left the other side straight. Using my Martha Stewart score board I scored the strip at every quarter of an inch and then folded it back and forth. I adhered the ends one on top of the other to the first score line and it forms sort of a circle. Then you push it down and push it to the center to close the hole. Add a punched circle to the back to keep it all together. I fill my hole to glossy accents to help keep it all together. You can add a second circle to the top of the rosette if you would like for added support. I only do that if you won't be able to see it, when I am covering it with a button or an image. I will do a pic tutorial soon if you would like. i inked the edges of my rosette with SU Rose Regal ink. I cut my image from A Child's Year Cricut cart at 3 inches using red card stock from Recollections. I ran it through the cuttlebug folder with the Swiss Dots Embossing folder to give it some texture. I added a crystal heart right above their hands. I stamped "Always and Forever" from K Andrew's "I Heart You" stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on a piece of scrap white card stock. I cut it down and used my corner chomper to round the corners. I inked around the edges using the same Regal Red ink. I repeated the process with a piece of black card stock and placed the white layer on top of the black using square foam adhesive from Recollections purchased at Michael's. I added two crystal hearts (also purchased at Michael's).

I Heart You

It's Valentines!

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Don't forget to stop by Getting Cricky with K Andrew to see all her new releases!Until next time, Happy Craftin!Miranda :)

Monday, January 23, 2012

Hello Crafty Friends! Just thought I'ld do a quick post to let you know about a new challenge blog launching on Valentine Day - February 14, 2012!!!!! They are having a great giveaway to help get things started. Click HERE to head over there to get all the details and check out the blog. Have a great day!!!!! Miranda :)

Happy IMAGINE ation Monday my crafty friends! This is my first IMAGINE ation Monday post for My Cricut Craft Room! I am soooo excited to be on Erica's Design Team, hope I can make her proud! As some of you know, I am brand new to the Cricut Imagine so this gives me a reason to get in there and find out what it can do. Without further adieu, here is my project.

My white layer was cut at 5 X 3 3/4 and ran through the Cuttlebug using the Spots and Dots Embossing folder. My pink layer was cut at 2 X 3 3/4 and adhered on top of the white layer.

I used the cheater method to add my ribbon. What is that you ask? well that is when you use tape to adhere the ribbon rather than tying it completely around the card.

This is what it looks like so far!

Finally I added my image which was cut from the "Better Together" Cricut Imagine cartridge. My image was cut at 3 inches and I cut all the layers. I pop dotted it on my card using Recollections Foam Adhesive Squares. I tied a bow with this really cute heart ribbon from Michael's and added it on top of my ribbon. I used mini glue dots to attach my bow and added a glue dot behind the ribbon to keep it from slipping down from the added wight. I added some pink Studio G gems I received for my birthday and used my white gelly roll pen to add the flux stitching. Last but not least, I stamped my "You're my cuppa Tea" sentiment on a piece of white card stock using K Andrew Coffee & Tea for You & Me set and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. If you would like your own set of stamps check out Erica's store! For a closer look at the stamp set:

If you have any questions on my first Imagine ation Monday project please feel free to email me. Pop over to Erica's Craft Room to take a look at my DT Sister's projects.

Friday, January 20, 2012

We're so happy you could join us for this month's Getting Cricky Design Team Blog Hop!! We have an EXTRA SPECIAL hop for you this month -- All week long, the Design Team has been featuring many of Kristal's stamp sets in anticipation of the hop... If you've missed out on any of the week, be sure to check out our previous posts for MORE THAN 100 CREATIVE IDEAS and PROJECTS using Kristal's stamps as well as giveaways, promotions, tips, and tutorials!!

If you've hopped along from my sweet and talented friend LINDA then you are in the right place!! If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with Kristal's blog (you'll want to catch up on all the FUN!!)...

Each of Kristal's stamp sets benefit charity. At least $1 per stamp set goes to benefit the charity noted on the stamp set package. Kristal is donating to the following charities: Cancer Angels, Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children, Intrepid & Fallen Heroes, E. Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Doorways Shelter for Women & Children (Domestic Violence), Wayside House for Women, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Adopt a Classroom, and Autism Research Institute. Kristal will donate $1 for every stamp set sold, retail or wholesale to the charity noted; and over time believes this will add up to some wonderful miracles for these special people. So you can feel good that each time you purchase a K Andrew Designs art stamp set, someone around the country is receiving some good help!

K Andrew's stamps are all made and assembled here in the USA, which is very important to Kristal. This ensures all product materials are safe and that jobs are being provided and maintained here in America. You can learn even more about Kristal's stamps (and pick some up for yourself) by visiting her online store: K Andrew Designs:

Kristal's stamp sets are perfect for cards, layouts, and so much more...

For my project, I'm featuring the WINTER WISHES For more details or to make this set YOURS, please click on the preview:

WINTER WISHES

So on to my project:

Recipe:

Cartridge(s): Sweethearts and Victorian Romance

Paper: Recollections

Ink: SU Real Red

Ribbon came from Hobby Lobby

Sentiment: K Andrew's Winter Wishes

Tag: Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio Two

Bling: imaginisce i-rock crystals

Stickles: blue and frosted lace

White Gelly Roll Pen

My card is a typical A2 sized card. The heart is cut at 4 inches from Victorian Romance Cricut Cart. The birds are cut at 2.5 inches from Sweeethearts Cricut Cartridge. They can be found on page 67 and the cuts I used were Birdnest, Bridnest-s and the layers. I cut them several times to get the colors I wanted and then cut the colors of each image I wanted and added to the blue layer which I used as a base layer. I put some clear stickles on my finger and just kinda rubbed it all over the heart to give it some shine. I added blue to the male bird's hat. I used my white gelly roll pen to doodle.

Have you seen the new Valentine stamps that is available for pre-order? Well if you haven't take a look below. Also, if your purchase is $25 or more, you will get the Key to My Heart Mini Stamp Set free, while supplies last!

What blog hop would be complete if without BLOG CANDY! Iwill be giving away a set of K Andrew stamps of your choice! And if you have been following my blog all week then you know that this is my birthday month and for each day this week I added a surprise to the box! For each of the following you do, you will get an extra entry:

1. Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me so;2. Like K Andrew Designs: Getting Cricky on Facebook by clicking here and come back and leave me a comment telling me so; 3. Become of follower of Getting Cricky with K Andrew, leave another comment telling me so!;4. Visit K Andrew's online store, look around and tell me which stamp set is your favorite; 5. Tell others about the Blog Hop today and my giveaway with a link back to my blog.

Do all or one it's up to you! Be sure to come back each time and leave a comment giving you 5 chances to win the blog candy! I'll be picking the winner on Wednesday, January 25th giving everyone a chance!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Good Morning and Happy Thursday! I hope you've enjoyed this week's projects so far! Today is my last project leading up to the "UR So Sweet" Getting Cricky Blog Hop tomorrow! Don't forget to tune in for some awesome Valentine/Sweetheart projects from my design team sisters and me! What time tomorrow you ask: 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern and 5pm if you are in Alaska. I'll try to not make this post as long as yesterdays! TEE -HEE! For today's card, I made a really quick and simple Cricutless Card! {GASP}

Let me tell you how this sweet card came together. First of all I was digging through my stash ummm.....supplies and ran across these pretty little flowers and butterfly that came in a kit I purchased from Creative Charms; then as I dug further I found this pretty green flourish (sorry I don't remember where it came from but I know it was part of a card kit I purchased); I remembered I bought this cute Heart Block Cuttlebug embossing folder after Christmas with some of my Christmas loot; finally I added a purple card base cut at 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 and some lavender ribbon from Wal-Mart to that pink embossed layer cut at 5 1/4 X 4. I added that sweet "Best Friends" sentiment from the Winter Wishes K Andrew Designs stamp set with a sweet little heart bling between the words and Ta-Da a card is born! I think this will make a cute little note card to send to my one of my scrapbooking pals that moved away and I don't get to see much! To get your own set of the very versatile WINTER WISHES stamps or see Kristal's entire collection available click HERE! To see all the awesome projects my DT sisters have made click on the links below!

Don't forget I am giving away a set of K Andrew Stamps of your choice and for extra measure and celebrating my Birthday last week; I celebrate the entire month, hee-hee; I am adding a surprise to the box each day so including the Hop tomorrow, that will be 7 somethings total (with the stamp set)! So click here to get the instructions and don't forget to comment on each day to increase your chances! You only need to comment on Day 1 with all the things you have done and all the rest of the days once and I'll add all your other chances in. Does that make since? What I mean is if you did 4 things on Sunday, I'll add those 4 things on each day that you comment so you don't have to!Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see you tomorrow! Until then, Happy Craftin'!Miranda ;)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Hello My Crafty Friends! I hope everyone is having a great week thus far! This week has been awesome! My DT Sister never cease to amaze me with their projects and the ways they come up with to use K Andrew's stamps! Speaking of which have you seen her most recent stamp sets which you can now Pre-Order? Here they are!

All orders $25.00 or over will receive this Key to my Heart mini set while supplies last!

Aren't these sets adorable! I know you can't wait to get your own so click HERE to go to K Andrew's store. Did you know that all of K Andrew's stamps are made right here in the USA? And if that's not enough to get you all warm and tingly inside, she also donates $1 to charity for each set that is sold. Each step set benefits a different charity! Her stamps are so versatile! You can mix and match within the set or you can take different words/sayings from different sets to come up with the perfect sentiment each time! So what are you waiting for my friends, head on over there and check out her stamps and don't forget to tell her Miranda sent you over!

On to today's project! As you know I've been featuring the Winter Wishes stamp set all week, showing you some of the word combinations you can make with this set. As I previously stated the possibilities are endless!!!! Today, I made a Wedding/Bridal Shower card. Please take a look and let me know what you think! I love comments!

I used the Tie the Knot Cartridge for this card! I love these doves, they can be found on page 34 and 35. I used Dove and Dove-s as well as Dove2 and Dove2-s. Both images along with the layers were cut at 2.25 inches using my E2! I love that machine! My black card base is from Recollections Precious Metals and is 5 1/2 X 4 1/4. The red layer is also recollections paper - Gemstones and its cut at a weird size because I wanted more of the black paper to show. The dimensions are 5 X 3 14/16. I'm really liking these papers because they are shimmery. I picked them up at Michael's while they were on sale around Christmas. Sorry I sometimes ramble. My silver card stock is from my stash but I pretty sure it's DCWV, it too is cut at a weird size. This layer is cut at 4 3/4 X 3 11/16. I used a EK Success Deco Scallop corner punch on all four corners and put on with SU dimensionals for some depth. I ran both the red and silver card stock through the Cuttlebug using the Victoria Embossing folder. My sentiment is from K Andrew's Winter Wishes set. I stamped it on some white Recollections paper also from the Precious Metals pack using Memento Tuxedo Black and cut the corners off to make my label. I really don't know how to make a bow so I sorta cheated to make this one behind my label. I put a medium glue dot on the back and made a loop added a mini glue dot and made another loop and continued that until I had seven loops, then I cut a second tail and added that with another glue dot. Finally added a final medium clue dot to adhere it to my card. Not bad for not knowing what I was doing, if I do have to say so myself. LOL Finally, I pop dotted my doves for some dimension and added some Glossy Accents to the heart that the doves are holding.

Please stop by my DT Sister's blogs to see what they have created! To make it a little easier below is a list!

Are you still with me? I am sooo sorry for the long post, I just had a lot to say today! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you tomorrow! Oh, I almost forgot, if you just happened upon my blog today, then you may not know about my about my Blog Candy! Click HERE to see my Day 1 post with all the details!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Hello Again! That's right can you believe it, two posts in the same day!!!!! So this is Day 3 over at Getting Cricky with K Andrew! If you aren't sure what I'm talking about or haven't seen my previous two post scroll down! I hope you've had a chance to visit my DT Sisters' blogs! Their blogs are full of inspiration and don't forget each of us is using a different set! Not to mention they are super talented and some are even giving away some blog candy!

For my card today, I used Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge. My pink card base was cut at 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4 to form a side opening card! All of my paper used for this card including the base came from my scrap draw! The Polka Dotted mat is cut at 5 1/4 X 4 and adhered with my pink atg gun! My off white mat was cut at 3 3/4 X 3 and ran through the Cuttlebug using the Bloom Dots embossing folder. My deer was cut at 3 inches and layered. My orange ribbon is from Michael's. My "So Deer" sentiment is from K Andrew's Winter Wishes set and was stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto a piece of off white card stock and hand cut. Her stamps are so versatile and can be used for any occasion! I absolutely love them! I used Silver Pearl liquid pearls on each side of the sentiment. To get your own set of Winter Wishes and/or to see all the other available sets including her new Valentine Sets, click HERE! Not only are her stamps high quality, they are all made here in the USA! Also for each set purchased, $1 goes to Charity!

Can you say "BLOG CANDY"!!!!!

To see what you have to do for your chance to win a K Andrew stamp set of your choice, click here and follow the guidelines! Don't forget to stop by and see what my awesome DT Sisters have made!

Hello My Crafty Friends! This is my very first DT post over at My Cricut Craft Room! Today is Card Creating Tuesday and it was a sketch/color/theme challenge. Below is the sketch we had to use along with the colors red, pink and brown and to make things just a tad bit more interesting, it has to be in a Valentine theme!

For my project, I rotated (or flipped) the sketch to the left. Here is my take on the sketch!

The red base is 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4. The paper is Recollections "Gemstones" which I picked up at Michael's. The brown mat is 5 1/4 X 3 3/4 and is also Recollections paper "Precious Metals". I love both of these papers because they have some shimmer to them. My next mat (with the words on it) is 4 3/4 X 1 1/2. This DSP is Colorbok from Wal-Mart. My brown and pink polka dot paper and yes it is brown and pink is 3 3/8 X 1 1/4. This cute paper is from Me & My Big Ideas, also purchased at Michael's. My "kiss" was cut from the Tie the Knot Cricut Cartridge page 53 in the handbook using Kiss, Kiss-s and Blackout/Shadow. Each layer was cut 2 1/2 inches. On the lightest pink, I added some cotton candy stickles. I mean which set of lips are ready for kissing without any gloss! I placed three red rhinestones at the top left for some bling and my "a kiss for you" sentiment is from the brand new I Heart You Valentine Set from K Andrew. To get your own set or see all the stamps she has available click HERE! I stamped the sentiment in Regal Rose ink from SU but it wasn't quite dark enough so I went over it with my hot pink gel pen!

I hope you enjoyed my first project for My Cricut Craft Room. Don't forget to pop over there and check out all the awesome projects from my super talented DT Sisters! As always, thanks for stopping by!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Welcome to Day 2 of the Getting Cricky with K Andrew promotion/preview week! To See yesterday's post click Here! For today's card, I used Flower Shoppe and Walk in My Garden cricut carts along with K Andrew's Winter Wishes stamp set.

My card is a typical A2 sized card. The base is lavender and the first layer is white. The card stock came from Wal-Mart. My DSP layer is Paper Studio from Hobby lobby. I cut all three flowers from Flower Shoppe at 3 inches and rolled them as per the instructions on the cart. These are the first flowers I made from that cart and I think they are soooo cute. My vase was cut at 3 inches from Walk in my Garden on vellum and ran through my cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder. My ribbon is from Wal-Mart. My sentiment is stamped in SU Real Red ink on a ticket using the EK Success ticket punch. I traced the ticket on pink paper and cut it a little bigger to make a shadow. I put two gradient pearls from Creative Charms each side of the sentiment.

How about some sweet blog candy! I will be giving away a set of K Andrew stamps of your choice this week! And beings this is my birthday month, I'll throw in a surprise item for each day this week! For each of the following you do, you will get an extra entry:

1. Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me so;

2. Like K Andrew Designs: Getting Cricky on Facebook by clicking here and come back and leave me a comment telling me so;

5. Tell others about the promotion/preview week, Friday's Blog Hop and my giveaway with a link back to my blog.

Do all or one it's up to you! Be sure to come back each time and leave a comment giving you 5 chances to win the blog candy! I'll be picking the winner on Wednesday, January 25th giving everyone a chance!

Don't forget to pop in at the Getting Cricky Blog to participate in the Simple Sunday Challenge!!!!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Hello My Crafty Friends!What an awesome crafty week this is going to be over at Getting Cricky with K Andrew! For those of you who don't know Kristal she has the greatest stamps ever! You can check out her stamps here! Leading up to our UR So Sweet Blog Hop on Friday, each of the DT members have chosen a stamp set to work with and show you just how versatile the stamps are. They can virtually be used for any thing. You can mix and match to come up with the perfect sentiment. I will be featuring the Winter Wishes set all week!

Without further adieu, my first project!

For my card, I used the Imagine and the Snow Angel cartridge. The base of my card is 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 using recollections card stock. The next layer which is white is cut at 5 1/4 X 4 using Georgia Pacific card stock from Wal-Mart. The background layer is printed and cut from the Snow Angel cartridge at 5 1/2 inches and then trimmed down to 5 X 3 3/4 and finally ran through the cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder to give it some texture. This just happens to be one of my favorite Cuttlebug folders. I love the trees on the background paper. The snow man was cut and printed at 2.7 from the same cartridge. My snow lady was cut and printed at 2.5 for a little contrast. My "So Cute" snow couple was pop dotted using foam tape from Wal-Mart. Finally my "SO CUTE" sentiment is from Winter Wishes by K Andrew, stamped in SU Pear Pizzazz ink on white card stock then cut in a little flag shape. I added a sweet little heart to give it some bling.

How about some sweet blog candy! I will be giving away a set of K Andrew stamps of your choice this week! And beings this is my birthday month, I'll throw in a surprise item for each day this week! For each of the following you do, you will get an extra entry:

1. Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me so;2. Like K Andrew Designs: Getting Cricky on Facebook by clicking here and come back and leave me a comment telling me so; 3. Become of follower of Getting Cricky with K Andrew, leave another comment telling me so!;4. Visit K Andrew's online store, look around and tell me which stamp set is your favorite; 5. Tell others about the promotion/preview week, Friday's Blog Hop and my giveaway with a link back to my blog. Do all or one it's up to you! Be sure to come back each time and leave a comment giving you 5 chances to win the blog candy! I'll be picking the winner on Wednesday, January 25th giving everyone a chance!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

I got some SUPER EXCITING news yesterday, but I couldn't share it until today!!!!! I got picked as one of the new design team members for My Cricut Craft RoomErica's blog is always filled with Cricut awesomeness!!! What a great birthday present! Yep, today is my birthday, I am celebrating 45 wonderful years of life!!!! Thank you Erica for such an awesome birthday gift! And to celebrate, I found the cutest card to re-create! I'm sure all you Cricut lovers out there have seen all the super cute projects each of the Cricut handbooks have on the first few pages to give you an idea of how to use the features on the cartridge, right! Well all these years I've been having my Cricut and I never made one of those projects and getting the "Dino-Mite" news that I made the cut for the My Cricut Craft Room DT, I thought the cute card in the Create a Critter handbook would be fitting! I followed all the directions in the book and added a little extra. All my images were cut using my E2. Take a look!

As I stated, I used the directions in the handbook but for those of you who don't have this cart and want to reproduce this card, here is how I made it:

For the base of the card, I used a piece of blue card stock from my stash cut at 12X8. I folded that in half to form a 6X8 card, scored the front of the card at 2 inches and folded it back to create a flap. My pretty white designer paper is another piece from my stash but I think it may be DCWV, it has glitter on it and is really pretty in person. I cut that layer at 4X8 applied my orange ribbon (from Wal-Mart) and finally adhered that layer to my card base using my ATG gun. I cut all the dinosaur pieces at 6 inches from the Create a Critter cart using the dino on page 50. All of the paper for my dinosaur is from SU, sorry I don't recall the names of each color except the orange, which is pumpkin pie. I love SU card stock because it cuts so well on the cricut! I put my dinosaur together using Scotch quick dry adhesive. I added some googly eyes and some orange stickles to his mouth. I added some faux stitching with my white jelly roll pen! He was popped up on some foam tape I purchased at Wal-Mart. For the inside of my card, I cut the palm tree at 6 inches from page 51 of the Create a Critter cart using the accessory function. The paper I used for my tree is from Recollections. I doodled on the tree and popped it up as well using the same foam tape. The Dino-Mite was cut at 3 inches using the phrase function and can also be found on page 51. Although the "explosion" looks green in the pic it is actually orange and the top layer is light brown. Sorry for the quality of the pics, I took them with my iPhone which usually takes good pics but the colors are a little off today. I hope you like my "Dino-Mite" card I thought it was adorable in the handbook and its just that much cuter in person! I'll be holding on to this for a special little guy I know who will be having a birthday soon! As you can see in the middle pic above you still have lots of room to write a message!

Monday, January 9, 2012

Hello My Crafty Friends! Today was a sad day, we said goodbye to my step-grandmother today as she passed away from brain cancer on Friday. It was really sad watching my step-dad who is 6 foot some, 300 + lbs crumble. He is always such a strong man and today I saw a sad man! As he said his final goodbyes to his dear mother, he reminded us how precious each day is with the ones we love! I pray tonight that Bobby can find some peace in knowing that his mother is no longer suffering and that she went home to our Sweet Lord! With that in mind, I made him a card just to let him know I am thinking of him. I didn't want it to be your usual sympathy card but sorta an uplifting card. I often time have a hard time making a masculine card. For whatever reason its always easier to make a girly card. LOL But here is an attempt at making that masculine card!

I used Create A Critter cricut cartridge for my sun. It can be found on page 52. I cut all my layers at 3 inches and inked all the edges with some Rich Cocoa Memento ink. I hid the facial features using my gypsy and stamped a "Peachy Keen" face on the sun. I added some pink cheeks with a pencil color and colored in the tongue. My paper and ribbon are from Wal-Mart. The ticket for my sentiment is from E K Success. My sweet sentiment stamp is from K Andrew "Splash-tastic Summer" set and is stamped in So Saffron SU ink. To get your own Splash-tastic Summer stamps or to see all the other FABULOUS K Andrew stamp sets click HERE! For a closer look at this set see below!

On another note, a friend of mine asked if I would make some baby shower favors for a shower she is throwing. They don't know the sex of the baby {GASP}! Can you believe it someone not wanting to know the sex of their baby before it is born. I thought that tradition was long gone! LOL Any who, I started searching my carts and low and behold on the Life's A Party cart, I found the cutest box. I made it just like the handbook showed. Of course I explained we could use different paper and change it up a bit but I wanted to give her an idea of what we could do, take a look!

Isn't it adorable and it took me approximately 15 mins to make it! I cut the box from the Life's A Party cart at 5 1/2 inches along with the B and G blocks. Of course we will shrink it if in fact this ends up being the favor because it will take a bit of candy to fill this one! Hee Hee!!!! I honestly don't remember where I got that ribbon but its getting low! :( My paper is from my scrap pile so I'm not sure where its from either. I know, not a lot of info. I really am trying but I am totally and completely drained today. Hoping to perk up a bit as my birthday is Wednesday! WOO HOO!!!!!